Motorcycle Soccer rides though the LeMay Motorcycle Days

Do you enjoy soccer but find it a little to slow? Try adding a few Honda TL125 motorcycles to the mix and suddenly you've got a whole new game.

That's what a group from Arlington did over 20 years ago and they have been playing motorcycle soccer ever since.

Saturday and Sunday they came out to play a few games during the LeMay Motorcycle Days, a weekend of moto-centric events held in Tacoma on the Marymount grounds that included vintage trials riding, the Seattle Cossack Stunt team, a benefit run and a women's motorcycle program with speakers like motocross racing pioneer Mary McGee.

While "motoball" is a more popular and formalized sport in Europe, Washington's only club was started by father and son Phil and Jerry James at their property in Arlington in 1993. They had never heard of the sport, previously.

Members of the Motorcycle Soccer Club play a game during the LeMay Motorcycle Days in Tacoma, Saturday, June 15, 2019.

Members of the Motorcycle Soccer Club play a game during the LeMay Motorcycle Days in Tacoma, Saturday, June 15, 2019.

Photo: Genna Martin, SEATTLEPI

Photo: Genna Martin, SEATTLEPI

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Members of the Motorcycle Soccer Club play a game during the LeMay Motorcycle Days in Tacoma, Saturday, June 15, 2019.

Members of the Motorcycle Soccer Club play a game during the LeMay Motorcycle Days in Tacoma, Saturday, June 15, 2019.

Photo: Genna Martin, SEATTLEPI

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They have added in a few loosely held rules to the game since, including, no crashing into each other, no stopping with your feet down and if your team scores (they don't really keep score) your team must circle around your own goal before rejoining play.

The group plays a few times throughout the year at the James property or at events like LeMay and the club's website declares the sport "the most fun you can have with your boots on."

If you're interested in a new national past time, check out the video of the action from Saturday.